Improvement in loom-temple



MPETERS. PHDTQ'LITHOGRAPHEH. WASHINGTON, (1G4 throughitsbolt.

nica-sang Letters Patent No. 106,038, lated August j Wannen :WHITNEY DUTcHER, or HQPEDALE, MlissAcHUsErTs anni 4dt-yiylu.

` To alljzersons to whontthse presents may come:

Be itkn wntbat I, WARREN WHITNEY DUTCHER,

`of Hopedale, ofthe 4county of Worcester and State' of t .Massachusetts have madefa new and useful invention having-reference to Loom-Temples; and do hereby declare the same to `fbe fully described as follows, referp ence bein ghad to the accompanyin' g drawing, of which-` "Figurel is a to'p view of a pair of loom-temples provided with my inVeUtiOn, one being a right and the" other a left temple.` .c Y

" Figures 2 and 3 are outer edge "views of them.

` Figure 4 is a vertical sect-ion of one temple, taken l in range of' the axis of'uitsl spindle.

Figure 5 isafsimilar section ot' the other temple. l Figure' isan'under-side view of the right temple`;of the pair.- p

Figure 7 is across-section4 of it, taken through its bolt or latch. l 1.

Figure 8 is a section o'f the left temple, taken The temple so exhibitedfin` the drawing isa reciprocating temple, that is, onej which,when struck by thelay, willjfall or be drivenback thereby, and subsequently be advanced to its normal position vby the spring A, as represented. l

In the drawing- Each of the temples is represented as having a toothed cylinder,B, arranged 4ou` its spindle C, the said spindle being `fixed. to the cover D, which, in this instance, Vis hinged to the supporting-bar F 'oi'.the `trough E.

The cover'is furnished atits outer end with an arm or projection, a, extended from it, in manner as rep- `resented, and arranged `againstvthe outer side of the :Ap pivot or connection-screw, b, goes through a round hole. in 'the ear, and is screwed into 'the snpportebar. 'n f l y `The application of the spindle to the cover, and the later to the support-bar, enables the cover, the-roller,

an the` spindle, to `be simultaneously raised' or turned up, relatively `to the trough, into the position as shownby dotted lines in figs. 2 and, 3; f

1n order, -under ordinarycircumstances, to hold the cover down, I employ a bolt, c, `and hole or recess, d,

` to receivethe bolt. The latterI arrange inthe trough, or asupporter thereof, and the former in the cover, in

`manner as represented in the drawing.

y In the right ofthe two or twintemplesthe bolt ofthe' notch or recess d. r

11u the left7 temple the boltiis'exhibited asar- `ranged. vertically in acyiindric'al socket, f, disposed directly'over the bolt-receiving recess d.

. The socket is longerthan the bolt, and there ex tends upward from `such socket apassage, g,to'reoeive the shankh of the bolt, such shank being at its upper Vend-provided with a knob or head, i.

When' the bolt is within the recess in the trough, the'twc, that is, the bolt and recess, will prevent the cover from being raised off the trough, for, as the cover, in order to rise, must turn in acircle, the bolt---v while in the recess, and an attempt ,may be made to raise the cover by force applied directly to it-will be pressed laterally against the side ot' the recess, and will thereby stop theLc-over-ti'om being lifted. Before the cover can be elevated the bolt must be drawnout of the recess.

Thebolt,`provided with the shank and knob, also serves, after being extracted from. the recess, as a means4 of enabling a person to raisethecover without danger of injury to his fingers from the spurs or dents of toothed cylinders.V

`By grasping the cover and pullingvit upward, the

-ngers are 'liable to be pinched by the teeth oi' the roller. or rollers. Y

By one upward pull of the bolt, one can release or unlock the cover, and raise it and therollers oi the cloth, while the latter may be extended across the trough. i

the head of the spindle is against the inner end ofthe cover, and the screw is screwed into the opposite end of it, the screws, while being screwed into their sockets, being turned in the direction of the movement of the cloth while it is `in the act of being Woven.

Thisarrangement of the heads and screws ofthe spindles admits of the spindles being made exactly alike, .that is, with what are termed right-threaded screws; otherwise, were the heads ofthe two spindles at the outer ends of their covers, the screw of one would have to be alight-threaded and that oi'v the other a left-threaded screw, in order to preventone of the screws from being liable to bennscrcwed by 'the roller while being revolved by the cloth while it may be passing through the temple. I

' My arrangement of the screw and heads of the spin-` dles of the two temples prevents the screws from.. being turned by the cloth.

With the roller and cover movable on a hinge rela` tively to the trough, ais-described, either the applicacation ofthe cloth -to the temple or its removal therek and no necessity exists to lift one away from the other.

from can be greatly facilitated in comparison. to what would be the case were the cover rigidly xed to the trough, so as to be incapable of being raised therefrom otherwise than by first unscrewng` one or more fasteningscrews used to coniine the cover to the trough. 1

`I am aware of the United States patents No. 61,050 and 71,541, which exhibit temples having two rollers or wheels, one placed above the other, whereas the temple as improved by me has a trough and a roller arranged to operate within it. With the trough there exists a necessity of raising the roller out of the trough, in order to properly and quickly apply the cloth to the temple, while with the temple having the two rollers the cloth is readily run between the rollers,

The trough operates dierently from a lower roller, as it serves to bend the cloth and to hold it bent up against the periphery of Ithe roller, so as to increase the hold of the latter upon it in comparison to what results when a roller is substituted for the trough.

It will be seen, therefore, that my invention has reference exclusively to troughed temples.

In the-above-described temple, I claim as of my invention the following, that is to say--l The temple, as provided with the trough and toothed. roller, and the cover to the roller, as described, and with the projection a of the cover-hinge, arranged against vtlieoiiterside of thev supporting-bar F, and with the toothed roller-spindle, supported by the cover, and the latter hinged to the said bar, as explained. l

Also, the temple as having the roller-spindle vsupported by the cover, and the latter hinged to the trough orv its support-bar, as described, and provided with the bolt and recess, arranged in connection with the cover and trough, and with respect to the hinge 'head ot one spindle under such arrangement being at the outer end ot' its-cover, and the head of the other spindle being at the inner end of its cover, and the screws of the two spindles being arranged in the other ends of their covers, the whole-being as described adrepresented.

WARREN WHITNEY DUTCHER.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, S. N. PIPER. 

